Mike Hartman

Michael Jay Hartman (born February 7, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in 397 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 13 seasons the Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets, Tampa Bay Lightning, and New York Rangers. He was drafted in the seventh round, 131st overall, by the Sabres in the 1986 NHL entry draft.

Hartman played Canadian junior hockey with the Belleville Bulls and North Bay Centennials of the Ontario Hockey League, where he compiled 102 points and 473 penalty minutes in 138 games. Hartman represented the United States at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and appeared for the Sabres later that same year, as he amassed six points in 17 National Hockey League (NHL) games. In 1994, he was originally left off the Stanley Cup along with teammate Ed Olczyk because they did not play the 41 regular season games or one game in the finals. Rangers protested saying Hartman and Olczyk had missed time due to injuries, and should be on the Stanley Cup. The NHL agreed and later added their names.

In 1995 he was inducted into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Biography Hartman was born in Detroit, Michigan, and is Jewish. As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Detroit. He graduated from West Bloomfield High School.

He began his career in 1983–84 playing for the North York Rangers in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), then in 1984–85 and 1985–86 for the Belleville Bulls in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and also in 1985–86 for the North Bay Centennials of the OHL.

Hartman split the following season between Buffalo and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans, before becoming a full-time NHL player in 1988–89. That season, Hartman racked up a career-high 316 penalty minutes and added 8 goals. The 1989–90 season proved to be Hartman's best statistically, as he scored a career-high 11 goals and 10 assists and led the Sabres in penalty minutes for the second straight year with 211.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1983–84 North York Rangers OJHL 37 17 26 43 141 — — — — — 1984–85 Belleville Bulls OHL 49 13 12 25 119 10 0 1 1 9 1985–86 Belleville Bulls OHL 4 2 1 3 5 — — — — — 1985–86 North Bay Centennials OHL 53 19 16 35 205 10 2 4 6 34 1986–87 North Bay Centennials OHL 32 15 24 39 144 19 7 8 15 88 1986–87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 17 3 3 6 69 — — — — — 1987–88 Rochester Americans AHL 57 13 14 27 283 4 1 0 1 22 1987–88 Buffalo Sabres NHL 18 3 1 4 90 6 0 0 0 35 1988–89 Buffalo Sabres NHL 70 8 9 17 316 5 0 0 0 34 1989–90 Buffalo Sabres NHL 60 11 10 21 211 6 0 0 0 18 1990–91 Buffalo Sabres NHL 60 9 3 12 204 2 0 0 0 17 1991–92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 75 4 4 8 264 2 0 0 0 2 1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 58 4 4 8 154 — — — — — 1992–93 New York Rangers NHL 3 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 1993–94 New York Rangers NHL 35 1 1 2 70 — — — — — 1994–95 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1994–95 Detroit Vipers IHL 6 1 0 1 52 0 0 0 0 1995–96 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 77 14 10 24 243 21 2 2 4 31 1996–97 Hershey Bears AHL 42 5 8 13 116 1 0 0 0 0 1997–98 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 53 30 18 48 79 7 4 0 4 11 1998–99 Kölner Haie DEL 43 6 3 9 156 — — — — — 2000–01 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 16 1 2 3 21 — — — — — 2002–03 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 4 1 3 4 7 — — — — — 2003–04 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 36 6 4 10 13 — — — — — NHL totals 397 43 35 78 1388 21 0 0 0 106

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1987 United States WJC 6 2 0 2 9 Junior totals 6 2 0 2 9

Awards and achievements Stanley Cup Champion 1993-94 New York Rangers